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White House to GOP: We’re not moving

On Thursday, with the House out of session, White House congressional liaison Rob Nabors trekked to Capitol Hill and delivered a firm message: We aren’t moving.

In a meeting with leadership staff, Nabors reiterated the administration’s hard line that tax rates on top earners must go up, according to Republican sources with knowledge of the meeting. The White House is also insisting that Congress give it power to raise the debt limit on its own.

Furthermore, in a development that could signal a step closer to the fiscal cliff, Nabors said the White House’s offer stands on mandatory spending on entitlement programs, the sources said.

But another source familiar with the discussion offered a conflicting take, saying Nabors repeated that Obama isn’t wedded to every detail of his plan. Nabors also conveyed that, once Republicans move on rates, “they can get a deal very quickly,” the source said.

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I really don’t understand all this nuance. If he’s not moving than why won’t they let his proposal come up for a vote in the Senate? Why don’t they vote for in the House. If this is his final offer, stop with the theatrics and let’s move on.

By setting up in Luxembourg, and channelling sales through its units there, the world’s biggest online retailer could minimize corporate taxes.

It was a move with big financial consequences.

Amazon’s Luxembourg arrangements have deprived European governments of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax that it might otherwise have owed, as reported in European newspapers. But a Reuters examination of accounts filed by 25 Amazon units in six countries shows how they also allowed the company to avoid paying more tax in the United States, where the company is based.

Proof again that taxing the rich and redistributing the proceeds doesn’t work.

The GOP is going to get blamed no matter what. I say vote present and let the Democrats do what the “people” voted for. When everyone figures out that their programs hurt the economy; then conservatism will be popular again. Until we change the narrative that Dems are selling that Repubs are at fault; we will remain out of power and unable to do something.

And for Gods sakes frickin primary some of these idiots who say they are Conservative and aren’t. Can’t we have better leadership than Snoozer Boehner?

Absolutely correct. The GOP leadership – aka Cry Baby – will go along with what BO dictates. Then they’re going to try and sell the spin that “they did it for the good of the country.” Te GOP is worse than the Dems – at least the Dems admit that they want to shaft us.

Absolutely correct. The GOP leadership – aka Cry Baby – will go along with what BO dictates. Then they’re going to try and sell the spin that “they did it for the good of the country.” Te GOP is worse than the Dems – at least the Dems admit that they want to shaft us.

katiejane on December 7, 2012 at 10:22 AM

And you will see posters here defending that nonsense because ‘the perfect is the enemy of the good’ and all the other empty phrases they trot out every time the GOP does this.

The GOP is going to get blamed no matter what. I say vote present and let the Democrats do what the “people” voted for. When everyone figures out that their programs hurt the economy; then conservatism will be popular again.

melle1228 on December 7, 2012 at 10:20 AM

I’m with you 110%. Elections have consequences and we do not have the political firepower to override the liberals any more. There is no other way now.

I’m with you 110%. Elections have consequences and we do not have the political firepower to override the liberals any more. There is no other way now.
MelonCollie on December 7, 2012 at 10:31 AM

It’s worse than that. This Republic is going to have to be destroyed and then re-forged in such a way that the Looter coalition can NEVER gain political power ever again. The fastest way to that end, ironically may be to give the Looters and Obama, their leader what they want.

It’s worse than that. This Republic is going to have to be destroyed and then re-forged in such a way that the Looter coalition can NEVER gain political power ever again. The fastest way to that end, ironically may be to give the Looters and Obama, their leader what they want.

wildcat72 on December 7, 2012 at 10:35 AM

Exactly. I see no other way to fight the insanity of surrendering to the welfare state, harmful drugs, and terrorism than for the populace to get its arse kicked by them.

In the future I see an America where welfare is restricted to people who’ve been taxpaying citizens for at least a couple years, those who sell addictive chemicals to children are stood up in front of a firing squad, and people like Dante are paradropped into Iran. Because we learned the hard way that a harsh, no-compromise stance is the only solution.

In the future I see an America where welfare is restricted to people who’ve been taxpaying citizens for at least a couple years, those who sell addictive chemicals to children are stood up in front of a firing squad, and people like Dante are paradropped into Iran. Because we learned the hard way that a harsh, no-compromise stance is the only solution.
MelonCollie on December 7, 2012 at 10:41 AM

The biggest flaw in any Republic is making the right to vote universal. That right should not be conferred at any arbitrary age, but upon the citizen becoming a productive member of society. This means holding a job at the very least and paying taxes. I also think that non military government employees also should not have the right to vote.

Furthermore, I think you should have to have at least 5 years in the workforce before you may vote. This would make the minimum voting age 23 for those who go to work after High School or 27 for college graduates.

Furthermore, I think you should have to have at least 5 years in the workforce before you may vote. This would make the minimum voting age 23 for those who go to work after High School or 27 for college graduates.

wildcat72 on December 7, 2012 at 11:03 AM

I’d cut that down a bit…I sympathized with conservatives a lot more after ONE year in the workplace, and that was working a part-time job while I was in highschool!

I’d cut that down a bit…I sympathized with conservatives a lot more after ONE year in the workplace, and that was working a part-time job while I was in highschool!
But otherwise you’re absolutely right.
MelonCollie on December 7, 2012 at 11:05 AM

It was my first job that also made me conservative. In 1992 I was 20, in college and thought I was a socialist. I voted Clinton. By 1994 I registered Republican and voted Dole in ’96.